Hey, everybody. It, ooh, it is the day. It is election day. Lots of going on. Maybe some, maybe some stress for people. And this got us talking on the show about the places where we go to vote. Like most of you are going to go out and maybe you've done an early vote, but a lot of people go out and vote on the day.

And it turns out that there are a lot of really weird polling locations around the country.

It's not just schools and city halls.

People have voted in tractor barns, in bars, in frat houses.

Someone on our staff voted in a funeral home.

So we wanted to hear from you if you have ever cast your vote in an unusual location.

So give us a call at 315-992 and tell us about the strange place where you cast your vote.

You can also record a voice memo and email it to us at hello at

atlas obscure.com. So, okay, that is the last we're going to talk about the election. That is

enough. Everyone is going to be talking about it. We instead are going to lean back into our theme this

week because it is weed week. And we do mean cannabis. It is a drug that is now

legal in much of the country and we think it's worth digging into some of the more interesting

stories that have to do with it. If you didn't hear yesterday's episode about the Canavan and

mischievous scientists bending the rules so that they can do their research.

It is a really good one.

And then come back again tomorrow for a story about the first known place on Earth where people smoked marijuana to get stoned.

And we have a really wild story for you today.

And hopefully it will help you forget about the election for at least 15 minutes.

So producer Johanna Mayer has this story.

It was spring of 1977.

Jimmy Carter was president.

Star Wars was about to hit theaters.

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